Forrest S. Davis Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
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Surname: DAVIS
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 

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   FORREST S. DAVIS, who has served as chief of police of Plaistow,
N. H., since 1900. has evidenced a high order of efficiency as a public
servant, as is evidenced by the support accorded him by the people.
In addition to his official duties, he has been highly successful as a
chicken raiser and fancier, making a specialty of the Rhode Island Red.
   Mr. Davis was born in Plaistow, N. H., May 25, 1867, and is a son
of Isaac Davis, and a grandson of Moses Davis, both natives of Plais-
tow.  Isaac Davis was born in January, 1828, and followed agriculture.
He married Melvina L. Lovering and their children are as follows:
George W.; Mary C., wife of H. S. Kelly; Harry A.; Marnie T., wife
of Rev. A. D. Palmer; and Forrest S.
   Forrest S. Davis received his educational training in the public
schools of Plaistow and in Newton High School.  His first regular em-
ployment was in a shoe shop in Haverhill.  He continued in that line
of work until 1901, when he started in the chicken business in Plaistow.
He has some eight hundred hens of the Rhode Island Red variety,
and has an established reputation in this line of business.  He has
always been active in a political way and has been frequently called
upon to fill local offices.  In 1893 he was elected constable of Plaistow
and in 1903 was made chief of police, an office which he has filled con-
tinuously since.
   Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Miss Malvean E. Webster,
who died December 28, 1903, just eight days after the birth of their
only child, Walter W., who was born on December 20th of that year.
In 1906 he formed a second union with Miss Lena E. Tourtilotte, and

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they have a daughter, Elizabeth T., born November 12, 1907.  Fra-
ternally Mr. Davis is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows,
the Junior Order United American Mechanics, and the N. 0. P.

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